Presales Solutions Architect – Hybrid Cloud & BC/DR

Softcat plc; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Share incentive plan

Life Assurance

Holiday

Trips

Vouchers

Partner/family Benefits

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption supp

Job summary

Softcat plc is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to translate clients' technical requirements into innovative designs for on‑premise or cloud deployments. You will contribute to High Level Designs and act as the technical design authority on proposals.

In this role you will engage with pre‑sales, demonstrate a deep understanding of BC/DR and hybrid infrastructure, and communicate complex concepts clearly to customers and cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Presales experience and familiarity with data centre and cloud technologies (Rubrik, Commvault, Cohesity, Veeam).
• Experience conducting customer meetings, whiteboarding and documenting solutions.
• Strong communication and ability to present complex information clearly to customers.
• Knowledge of BC/DR and hybrid infrastructure incl. compute, storage, networking and management.

Responsibilities

• Understand, scope and document customers' business and technical requirements.
• Produce designs and input into High Level Designs (HLD).
• Underwrite and act as technical design authority for solution designs and proposals.
• Collaborate with specialists, professional services and architects to develop cross-discipline solutions.
• Present complex information clearly and persuasively through presentations and whiteboarding.

Skills

Presales experience

Solution design

Cloud & data centre tech

Strong communication

Presentation skills

Tools

Rubrik

Commvault

Cohesity

Veeam

Job description

Softcat plc is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to translate clients' technical requirements into innovative designs for on‑premise or cloud deployments. You will contribute to High Level Designs and act as the technical design authority on proposals.

In this role you will engage with pre‑sales, demonstrate a deep understanding of BC/DR and hybrid infrastructure, and communicate complex concepts clearly to customers and cross‑functional teams.